+Ksarul Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 It is never a good thing to annoy the other half of the species. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Scenes from the Feb VAST meetup...anyone know why the photos get inverted and rotated by the forum software upon posting? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Very nice!!! On the picture rotation--I'm assuming you're trying to upload from your mobile device? this happens quite a bit to me as well... I have learned that opening your picture in an editor and then saving it (whether you edit it or not) will fix this problem. Don't know why though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Here ya go! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Another Percom TX-99! Such a nice little sidecar BITD--an SD Disk Controller with a drive built into the same box. I used to have one back in the late eighties--but I lent it to a friend and never saw it again. Arcadeshopper kindly provided me a replacement a couple of years back that he received as part of a miscellaneous equipment purchase. It is now part of my compatibility and test rig. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Ksarul (or Arcadeshopper) - speaking of the TX99 - I can't seem to locate my cable. Is there any chance one of you gentlemen have the parts to make one up for me? I wanted to do a demo for Airshack but couldn't because of the missing cable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Ksarul (or Arcadeshopper) - speaking of the TX99 - I can't seem to locate my cable. Is there any chance one of you gentlemen have the parts to make one up for me? I wanted to do a demo for Airshack but couldn't because of the missing cable. i can make drive cables, do you know what connectors you need? i have them in stock on my store.. pin to card edge or card edge to card edge or card edge to pin or whatever you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Greg - It is a 44 pin connector. female to female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Greg - It is a 44 pin connector. female to female. ah ha I don't have those parts will look around and see what's available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The thing that sucks is I cant find it or the 32k modded console I bought from Marc Hull. I got too much stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 can you get me a photo of the connectors? The reason i ask is 44pin is not available, but a 50pin could be used in the space possibly, if not we can cut down a 50pin to 44 and then hand wire it up.. but that's some serious labor.. iec quoted me $25 for the hand wired one, if we can use a 50 pin then i have piles of them from old scsi drives Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It is a 44-pin connector with .100 pin spacing--and they are definitely hard to find. It might make sense to make a small circuit card with the correct 44-pin edge connector on it (the ones I use for the 32K sidecars would have the right amount of standoff space) and then use a regular 44-pin header connector type cable to connect to an identical board on the other end. It would be a bit pricey, as the 44-pin edge connectors cost about $7-$8 each, and then you have to add the header connectors, boards, and the cable, but it would work without the possibility of a hand-wired, cut down connector imploding during insertion or removal. IEC used KELAM connectors for this cable--and they are out of them as of about two years ago. So far as I (and they) have been able to determine, no suppliers on the planet still have any buried in their parts storage. . .IEC was originally founded to supply cables to the TI community too (the owner still has one), so they have been a community supporter for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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